Category Archives: Canadian Press

Expectations high for proposed national housing strategy, CMHC says
OTTAWA - The Crown corporation overseeing work on a national housing strategy is signalling that those interested in the plan should temper their expectations about the final outcome. Housing advocate...
Sep 06, 2016

Nicaragua grants El Salvador ex-President Funes asylum
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaragua said Tuesday it has given political asylum to former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who has come under scrutiny back home for a truce with gangs during his admini...
Sep 06, 2016

LeBlanc vows fight as European Union reviews impact of American lobster
FREDERICTON - Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the Canadian and American governments will “vigorously” try to convince the European Union that the American lobster does not ...
Sep 06, 2016

LeBlanc vows fight as European Union reviews impact of American lobster
FREDERICTON - Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the Canadian and American governments will “vigorously” try to convince the European Union that the American lobster does not ...
Sep 06, 2016
Snake coaxed from Victoria drain pipe has a new home after being adopted
VICTORIA - An elusive corn snake that was coaxed from a storm drain below the streets of Victoria last week has been adopted. The City of Victoria says in a release that after the reptile was pulled f...
Sep 06, 2016
Snake coaxed from Victoria drain pipe has a new home after being adopted
VICTORIA - An elusive corn snake that was coaxed from a storm drain below the streets of Victoria last week has been adopted. The City of Victoria says in a release that after the reptile was pulled f...
Sep 06, 2016

Basketball player David Eng to carry Canadian flag at Paralympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - When David Eng made his Paralympic debut 12 years ago in Athens, coach Mike Frogley would jot down a word each day and pin that word on the wall. They were words like “leadershi...
Sep 06, 2016

Basketball player David Eng to carry Canadian flag at Paralympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - When David Eng made his Paralympic debut 12 years ago in Athens, coach Mike Frogley would jot down a word each day and pin that word on the wall. They were words like “leadershi...
Sep 06, 2016

Basketball player David Eng to carry Canadian flag at Paralympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - When David Eng made his Paralympic debut 12 years ago in Athens, coach Mike Frogley would jot down a word each day and pin that word on the wall. They were words like “leadershi...
Sep 06, 2016

'She's our child:' Family's tearful plea for help to find missing Manitoba woman
WINNIPEG - The parents of a missing woman from northern Manitoba are begging for help to find their daughter who has disappeared without a trace. Christine Wood, who is 21, was with her mother and fat...
Sep 06, 2016